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W. R. PARKER. FENCE TIB.

(No Model.)

No. 567,870. Patented Apr. 7, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'WILTAH R. PARKER, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO EDVIN lV. LOUCKS, OF YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

FENCE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,870, dated April '7, 1896.

Application led October 23, 1895. Serial No. 566,624. (No model.)

To @ZZ 107mm/ it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R.. PARKER, a citizen of the United Sta-tes, residing at York, in the county of York, State of Pennsylvania, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Ties; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to wire fences in general, and more particularly to means for tying the upright Cross-wires, and has for its object to provide a tie which may be easy of manufacture, may be readily attached or removed without affecting the other ties or the positions of the wires, and may beheld rigidly when in operative position.

Referring to the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like symbols of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my tie as placed upon two intersecting wires. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a variation of the block.

In constructing a device in accordance with my invention I form a block 5 by casting or in any other suitable way, having a longitudinal passage 6 of a genera-l rectangular shape, and passing entirely through the block, one wall 7 thereof, however, being slanted inwardly from the bottom toward the top and terminating upwardly at a slot S, running in the direction of the passage and extending throughout the top thereof. In the portion Il of the block forming the top of the passage is a U-shaped opening 10, leading into the slot S, formed entirely through the top in alinement with an opening 11 in the floor of the passage and adapted to receive a wire 12 passed therethrough, said openings, however, being so positioned with respect to the adjacent wall 13 of the passage as to allow of a second wire, 14, being passed between the wire 12 and the wall, and gripped tightly therebetween when held by a wedge 15, driven between the wire 12 and the wall 7. This wedge 15 has a cross-section as of a truncated triangle, (shown in section in Fig. 1,) and is iuserted in the passage between the slanting wall 7 and the adjacent face of the wire 12, and being driven inwardly presses the latter tightly against the wire 14, and thus holds them rigidi yin their proper relative positions.

As will be readily seen, the peculiar crosssection formation of the Wedge 15 preventsits displacement in any direction other than a rearward one, and also that when driven tightly home it will be immovable.

lhave found it preferable to form thewedge 15 of malleable iron in order that it may be upset, as shown in Fig. 1, and whereby loosening is absolutely prevented. lf preferred, however, this wedge may be of thinner material than that shown or may terminate in a iin at its narrowed end, which may be turned over against the end of the block to prevent removal.

The object in forming the slot S in the top of the block opening into the passage G is in order that the ties may. be applied to or removed from the cross-wires at will, the application being as follows: Suitable posts havin g been set up, cross-wires 14 are strung, after which a suitable number of blocks are hung thereon by such manipulation as to cause their respective wires to pass through the slots S into the passages G. Upright wires 12 are then passed through the openings and 11, after which the wedges 15 are driven into place, as hereinbefore set forth, causing wire 12 to impinge against wire 14 and hold it tightly in place. A kink, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, may be then contributed to the wire 11 to facilitate holding, after which the succeeding upright wire is added in the same manner.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings I have shown a cross-section of a slightly-different construction, in which the walls 7' and 13 corresponding to walls 7 and 13 of Figs. 1 and 2, are parallel and no slot 8 is formed. It is of course necessary that with this construction the ties must be placed on the cross-wires as the latter are put up, but the construction is much stronger, as strain on the floor of the passage is longitudinal instead of transverse, as in the former constructiom. Also in this construction any wedge may be employed, such IOO as a nail or any other convenient piece of metal.

It will be readily understood that I niay vary the construction hereinbefore set forth Without departingin any Wise from the spirit of my invention.

Having' now described my invention, what I claim :is-

1. A device of the class described, comprising a block having intersecting passages adapted to receive Wires, one of said passages having an inwardly-sianting` Wall terminating` at a slot formed in the roof of said passage, and a Wedge corresponding in form to 

